The Quasi-War was a short, undeclared war between America and Britain against France on sea while Adams was president. The Quasi-War was fought on July 7, 1798 until the Treaty of Mortefontaine on September 30, 1800 was signed. The payments between America and France were stopped because of the money that was owed to the French Crown. A group called the French Privateers captured the American Merchant ships so they could use them as their payments. They did this because of all the money they owed not only to the French crown, but to France because America stopped the payment between them. The Quasi-War was ended with the Convention of 1800 which is also known as the Treaty of Mortefontaine. The Treaty of Mortefontaine, was a treaty between the U.S and France to settle things between them and end the Quasi-war. Part of the reason Napoleon ended …show more content…
The most influential man to the Congress of Vienna was Prince Klemens Von Metternich. The Congress of Vienna was made up of Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia. They arranged the final peace. The Congress wanted to restore the Bourbon King of 1814 and restore the balance of power. With the congress it was able to bring back Balance of Power throughout Europe. Not only did the the Congress of Vienna accomplish the restoring of Balance of Power, but it also accomplished the end of there being any major European was until 1914. They used Tallyrand as a representative sent by France. The Congress of Vienna was victorius rulers who wanted to contain the change of the French revoltion that was unleashed. They adopted a Priciple of intervention, supposedly this principle had the right to send armies in other countries to restore legitimate monarchs to the thrones. Britain disagreed and suggested that they leave the internal affairs alone. The great powers used military force and ended the revolutions in Spain and